Tulane or Richmond

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How do you explain the WSJ ranking of 252?

The WSJ rankings are an absolute joke. I guess we're all sending our kids to BYU since they are a T20 now? I mean, why aren't we all talking about ED'ing to BYU since it's a 60% acceptance rate and a T20 school?

But Brown, UCLA, Colby, Johns Hopkins are all outside of the T50 so not to be considered.

Again, looking at a sampling of Tulane peer schools, WSJ has following rankings:

Vanderbilt: 13
Duke: 16
Emory: 42
UNC: 83
UVA: 84
Tulane: 354 (I was wrong at 252)

Again, why is Tulane so much worse than the peer schools? It's not even about being outside the Top 50.

Put down the crack pipe. These are not Tulane's peer schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond is better academically. Tulane is a hard admit too unless you apply ED, but the students at Richmond are stronger and the education is better.

Richmond SAT middle 50 is 1430-1510 with 20% submitting. Tulane is 1400-1490 with 14% reporting.
Richmond ACT middle 50 is 32-34 with 16% submitting. Tulane is 31-33 with 31% reporting.

56.1% are in top 10% at Richmond with 19.7% reporting rank. 51.2% are in the top 10% at Tulane with 17.8% reporting class rank.

So a low percentage reporting stats in both cases, but Richmond is a bit ahead.

Richmond is stronger academically.

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NOLA is a crime ridden cest pool.

Someone's kid got rejected from Tulane

I mean, there's a reason 75% of all episodes of "Cops" are filmed in NOLA...

They aren't filming "Cops" in Uptown NOLA in the gorgeous areas surrounding Tulane.

You bet they’re filling at the top of the garden district as you enter it because that part of town is not a good part of town. Don’t try to act like there aren’t bad areas surrounding the school because there are.

I have multiple family members that live in NOLA, including within walking distance to Tulane. Their neighbor was robbed and killed in his front yard. My family and all their friends hire armed security if they’re hosting a party at night. We have close friends whose family have been natives of NOLA for at least four generations and who also lived walking distance from Tulane who just moved out of state bc they couldn’t deal with the crime anymore. Don’t pretend that there aren’t major crime concerns around the Tulane campus.

We won’t allow our kids to apply to Tulane even though I do think it’s a good school and have had several friends who had great experiences there.

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NOLA is a crime ridden cest pool.

Someone's kid got rejected from Tulane

I mean, there's a reason 75% of all episodes of "Cops" are filmed in NOLA...

They aren't filming "Cops" in Uptown NOLA in the gorgeous areas surrounding Tulane.

You bet they’re filling at the top of the garden district as you enter it because that part of town is not a good part of town. Don’t try to act like there aren’t bad areas surrounding the school because there are.

I have multiple family members that live in NOLA, including within walking distance to Tulane. Their neighbor was robbed and killed in his front yard. My family and all their friends hire armed security if they’re hosting a party at night. We have close friends whose family have been natives of NOLA for at least four generations and who also lived walking distance from Tulane who just moved out of state bc they couldn’t deal with the crime anymore. Don’t pretend that there aren’t major crime concerns around the Tulane campus.

We won’t allow our kids to apply to Tulane even though I do think it’s a good school and have had several friends who had great experiences there.

Not necessarily disagreeing with what you are reporting, but our DC is a junior, the school is obligated to report to students incidents of crime in the vicinity of the campus, we’re also on the parent FB page and we have not heard the types of things you are indicating apparently happen with some frequency.

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I went to Richmond (many years ago), and would probably prefer Tulane, with one caveat - the distraction potential. I had a hard enough time focusing at UR, and that's with a social scene that tilted heavily towards on-campus, particularly for the first couple years. It's even money that I wouldn't have graduated on time at Tulane, and my grades definitely would have suffered.

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Anonymous wrote:You should make a visit to both places. That will help in deciding based on factors you care about most.

+1 My DS visited both because they both have a specific degree program he wanted. He preferred the less preppy, Greek vibe at Tulane. But Richmond was his second choice. The campus is gorgeous.

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Anonymous wrote:UR seems like a better academic school.

24% admit rate vs 11%? Um, no.

Do u realize that Tulane’s ed acceptance rate is 68 💀💀💀 I’m going to Richmond cuz I got in rd after being deferred, even tho I got into Tulane RD which is like 2% acceptance rate I only applied cuz the fee was 0, it’s not even close that Richmond is the better school

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I feel like if you want to stay in Virginia/NJ/NY/DC, then Richmond.

But Tulane is more well known for what that's worth.

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Anonymous wrote:UR seems like a better academic school.

24% admit rate vs 11%? Um, no.

My kid almost went to Tulane. To be fair, it is only really hard to get in as a non ED admit.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like if you want to stay in Virginia/NJ/NY/DC, then Richmond.

But Tulane is more well known for what that's worth.

Fact or opinion?

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Tulane has more name recognition nationally, is in a much more interesting city, and is more diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane has more name recognition nationally, is in a much more interesting city, and is more diverse.

Cite that Tulane has more name registration?

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Tulane would be my preference by a large margin. Size, location, research opportunities, national reputation are all in Tulane’s favor.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane has more name recognition nationally, is in a much more interesting city, and is more diverse.

Cite that Tulane has more name registration?

It has name recognition as a party school.

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Richmond is in a beautiful and very safe part of the city. It’s a small school with a $3 billion endowment. But I’ve heard it’s tough socially. A little snobby.